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Creator:: Wigtil, Gabriel A.
Abstract:: The hazards-of-place model of vulnerability to environmental hazards posits that vulnerability has biophysical and social components. While biophysical characteristics are important in predicting locations of elevated wildfire risk, the social characteristics of human communities may help us predict locations of elevated wildfire impacts. We examine the relationship between biophysical and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: since. It has been humbling to be surrounded by such talented and well- regarded researchers throughout

Creator:: Gentilcore Ryan, Ava
Abstract:: In recent decades, local governments have desired to increase community engagement in collaborative governance processes, such as community visioning and strategic planning, in an effort to develop policies that are inclusive and supportive of those who live in the community. A key component of the community visioning process is the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: may be especially the case for small rural communities struggling with global issues on top of local

Creator:: Patterson, Trisha
Abstract:: The Oregon coast faces complex environmental and social challenges, such as the threat of a regionally disastrous Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and tsunami. Researchers are united in their assertion that the CSZ is new, the region is due for a quake, and to mitigate this hazard society must collaborate...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: actors indicate a willingness for long term transformational land use approaches, but can be

Creator:: King, Jasmine
Abstract:: Environmental injustices, defined as inequitable access to fair, safe, and healthy environmental outcomes, are often rooted in issues of land management, policy decision making, and sovereignty. This results from a series of processes, including loss of land ownership, exclusionary and discriminatory zoning, and structural barriers to participation. Black, Indigenous, Communities...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: our being. But what does it mean to be in relationship with the land? how do we communicate

Creator:: Filimoehala, Sione T.
Abstract:: Geological scientists have predicted an impending massive earthquake is likely to occur on the North Pacific Coast of the US. In response to the warnings of impending disaster, the State of Oregon has implemented several disaster preparedness measures, including the Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Project (SRGP), a grant dispersed to public...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: neighborhoods in which the local school has received the SRGP funds, and will be compared to the changes over

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